A fellow Pope and Young measurer from the San Diego area, Nate Treadwell has saved for 3 years to go on the hunt of a lifetime in South Africa.  What does a South African hunting trip have to do with Western Hunting?  Well it just goes to show that western hunters like Nate can adapt to hunting situations anywhere in the world.  Those spooky San Diego and desert deer gave Nate plenty of practice in the years leading up to this epic adventure.

He spent months testing broadheads for this trip and destroyed a number of them performing the “Treadwell test” to pick out his leading blades.  In the future I will cover which heads performed best in his torture test.

His research paid off as the following pictures show:

A female Blesbok

An old Impala.  Even I can see the Mass in those horns…Lots of character

A real nice 24 inch Impala.  Can you say TROPHY? You see how there is more horn length and the way they sweep out back and up…Something about Impala intrigue me.

Warthog.  Those are some impressive teeth.  I guess Nate’s experience on Tejon Ranch Hogs paid off.

Nate’s Kudu.  The Elk of Africa.  Nate related a story that he captured a BIGGER bull on Camera, but this one looks plenty good to me.  I’ve heard of many a bowhunter who was skunked on Kudu multiple years before connecting on one.   

In a future column, I will show the photos from another fellow California P&Y measurer who was on the trip and went 5 for five arrows, spoken of in hushed and reverent tones as Bok Baard .